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TOKYO — Junro Ito flew to California this year on a mission: The billionaire executive at Seven & i Holdings, the Japanese parent company of 7-Eleven, felt the company had lost its way. He wanted to...

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck near the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu early Tuesday afternoon, triggering tsunami waves. The epicenter of the earthquake was about 18 miles off the coast of...

Before this year, Tobias Kammann, a German container ship captain, had only once sailed around the southern tip of Africa, and the lack of other vessels in the little-trafficked waters made him feel...

Twelve people were found dead of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in Gudauri, a ski area in the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia, the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs said. The people were...

BERLIN—The German government collapsed Monday as Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in parliament, deepening a crisis of leadership across Europe amid mounting economic and security...

Our sun is a violent place. Bursts of radiation snap off the solar surface with the strength of millions of volcanic eruptions. Hot plasma churns and spews, streaming particles that can harm...

Street theft isn’t petty to a victim. Having your pocket picked or bags stolen can ruin your trip and your finances. The best ways to avoid street crime are to maintain awareness, travel...

I have a few black plastic kitchen utensils in my drawer, but I’ve read that they’re dangerous. Is that true? Recent headlines have urged people to immediately throw out any black plastic items...

Georgia’s governing lawmakers on Saturday handed the presidency to a former soccer star turned far-right politician, setting up a standoff with the sitting president and deepening the country’s...

President-elect Donald Trump, who has derided Time magazine and pined for its approval, was named the publication’s Person of the Year on Thursday. After his first presidential election victory,...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Today, chatbots can answer questions, write poems and generate images. In the future, they could also autonomously perform tasks like online shopping and work with tools like...

A humpback whale set a record by traversing at least three oceans and more than 8,000 miles — most likely in search of a mate, according to a new study. A team of scientists identified the adult...

Sometimes my ears hurt during flights. Why does this happen, and what can I do about it? When you fly thousands of feet above the ground, changes in cabin pressure can be unpleasant — causing...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Fernando Santos da Silva’s surname — shared by 150 relatives — is an heirloom from a grim chapter of Brazil’s history. Like millions of others in Latin America’s most...

SEOUL, South Korea—South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday apologized to the public for declaring martial law this week, which has set off widespread protests and thrust the country into...

LOS ANGELES — A powerful earthquake struck 30 miles off the California coast Thursday morning, prompting emergency tsunami alerts to buzz on more than half a million cellphones and sending cans and...

WASHINGTON — In a rare move, a federal judge Thursday rejected Boeing’s proposed agreement with the Justice Department to plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud the federal government in connection...

SEOUL, South Korea — The fallout from the short-lived declaration of martial law by President Yoon Suk Yeol has heaped another worry onto South Korea’s economy, which was already teetering from...

South Korea’s opposition, which controls the National Assembly, has threatened to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol if he does not resign after his ill-fated decision to impose martial law. If...

Thousands of Georgians demonstrated in front of their country’s parliament for the fifth night in a row Monday, widening a political crisis that has set the country’s pro-Russian government...